L XURY
Playful house music goes deep
WHO THEY?
Londoner Andy Smith, known to turntables across the land as
Lxury, makes delicious deep-ish house. And everyone could do
with a bit of deep-ish house in their life, if you ask us.
WHY L XURY?
Following on from last year’s excellent ‘Playground’ EP, take
a listen to ‘Pick You Up’, a taster for Lxury’s forthcoming ‘Into
The Everywhere’ EP. It’s such a solidly refreshing blast of nononsense four-to-the-floor, complete with a repetitive “I’ll
pick you up” hook that swirls round and round your head. It’s
a stunner, make no mistake. Better still, the stamp of approval
comes courtesy of Joe “Hot Chip” Goddard and pals at the most
excellent Greco-Roman label.
TELL US MORE
Did we mention that Andy Smith is mates with Disclosure?
We didn’t? And have we said anything about Greco-Roman
being a most excellent label? We have? OK, how about a tip
within a tip? We’d thoroughly recommend checking out Lxury’s
labelmate Roosevelt, aka Cologne-based producer Marius
Lauber, who does a very neat line in infectious 80s-style
electropop.
KITE ST RI NG TA N G L E
M-B AND
Daft name, sleek tunage
Icelandic experimental electropop
Brisbane’s Danny Harley is one popular artist if Soundcloud plays
are your yardstick – 711,926 plays here, 980,162 there, 1,588,401
over yonder. And while numbers are just numbers, bear in mind
that his debut EP, ‘Vessel’, is but a few months old. Oh, and
he’s sold out two national tours down under. From the garagey
‘Stone Cold’ (featuring Tiana Khasi) to the delicate electropop
of ‘Arcadia’ and on into the “driving synth-wave epic” that is
‘What’s The Point?’, the EP shows he’s a pretty versatile chap
to boot. With all this up his sleeve, we’re in little doubt that
you are going to be hearing a lot more of his bright and breezy
talents this year.
M-Band is not a band, but a solo project born from the mind
of classically trained pianist Hörður Már Bjarnason, who creates
dreamy, melodic electronica dripping with atmosphere. Starting
in his rural hometown in the ͽ